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CRAMMING-MACHINE. 



The above shows the operator at work. The flexible tube is placed in the 

 gullet of the bird; the man's foot is placed on the lever, which, when pressed 

 down, forces sufficient of the thinly mixed food into the crop to fill it. The opera- 

 tion takes about a quarter of a minute to perform. 



FATTENING DUCKS, GEESE, AND TURKEYS. 



To fatten ducks or geese place them in a shed, using plenty of straw. 

 Divide geese into flocks of ten or twelve. Ducks may be fattened in- 

 larger flocks if necessary. The process of fattening takes about twenty 

 days. Soft food should be given in the morning, served warm, con- 

 sisting of barleymeal, mixed with Indian meal, sharps, rice, and cooked 

 meat, also boiled potatoes, scalded with milk, and with some rendered 

 fat added. In the evening wheat, barley, oats, and maize should be 

 given, after it has been steeped in water. Do not fail to supply plenty 

 ef sharp grit and green food. 



Turkeys must have a dry comfortable shed, and should be fed three 

 times a day for about three or four weeks. The morning meal should 

 consist of ground oats or barleymeal and boiled potatoes mixed with 

 skim-milk, and give plenty of fat during the last fourteen days. Give 

 in the evening wheat, barley, oats, and maize, after being soaked in hoi 

 water. Supply the corn each day in rotation in the order mentioned. 



